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Top earners could benefit from Liberals' income tax cut, PBO says
OTTAWA - Some of the country's highest earners could end up getting more benefit from the Liberals' new income-tax cut than those at the lower end of the income scale, the federal spending watchdog sa...
Jan 30, 2020
Debate to enact new continental trade pact kicks off in House of Commons
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has kicked off debate on a bill to implement the new North American free trade deal by urging MPs to approve the proposed legislation quickly. The Unit...
Jan 30, 2020
Andreescu headlines Canadian roster for Fed Cup, but playing status up in air
Tennis star Bianca Andreescu is on the Canadian Fed Cup roster and could make her return from a three-month injury layoff next week against Switzerland. Whether she actually sees any ma...
Jan 30, 2020
Frontenacs forward Shane Wright living up to 'exceptional' status
Shane Wright didn't need much time to prove he belongs in the Ontario Hockey League. Wright - who was granted exceptional-player status last April after dominating midget triple-A and entered the 2019...
Jan 30, 2020
Ont. school board warns that coronavirus concerns veer into anti-Chinese racism
Community organizations are applauding an Ontario school board for taking a stand against racial profiling as the new coronavirus raises concerns about discrimination against Chinese-Canadians. Offici...
Jan 30, 2020
Plane to help 156 Canadians leave China awaits Chinese approval: official
OTTAWA - Canada's top foreign-affairs official says 156 Canadians have asked for help to leave China amid an outbreak of a new virus. Marta Morgan, the deputy minister of foreign affairs, tells a Hous...
Jan 30, 2020
Poland urged to end 'damaging' impasse at Jewish museum
WARSAW, Poland - Two co-founders of a prominent Jewish history museum in Warsaw urged their third partner - the Polish government - to comply with an agreement to re-appoint the museum's former direct...
Jan 30, 2020
Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr signs contract extension with Montreal Alouettes
MONTREAL - He may be going in as the presumptive starting quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes, but Vernon Adams Jr. says he'll enter the season with the mindset of fighting to keep that post. The A...
Jan 30, 2020
Remains of 2 US troops recovered from Afghanistan crash site
WASHINGTON - U.S. forces on Tuesday recovered the remains of two American service members killed in the crash of an Air Force plane in Afghanistan, the U.S. military command in Kabul said. They also r...
Jan 30, 2020
Saints helped shape accused clergy list, victim lawyers say
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Saints maintain their behind-the-scenes public relations work on the area's Roman Catholic sexual abuse crisis was "minimal," but attorneys suing the church allege hundre...
Jan 30, 2020